"The Guzmán family isn't over. The cartel remains strong and operational. The news has already been confirmed, highlighting the names of El Guano, Los Chapitos, and all their crew, fully backed by El Mayo," can be heard in the first verse of a narcocorrido that Los Tucanes de Tijuana dedicated to Aureliano Guzmán Loera in 2022, better known as "El Guano," the older brother of Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán.
Though less famous internationally than his notorious sibling, El Guano is seen as a crucial player in the factional infighting that has torn the Sinaloa Cartel apart and halted life in Culiacán since the second week of September, with citizens terrified of a violence wave that has left more than 80 people dead, according to official figures.
